Guest Speakers | Lecture Archive 2015 | Marine Biology

The Story of Keiko

Lecture date: March 25, 2015. The topic of whales in captivity is one of great debate with passionate opinions and feelings on both sides. Hear two perspectives on this topic in a presentation at the Aquarium.

Conservation Issues | Guest Speakers | Conservation

Dodging Extinction: Power, Food, Money, and the Future of Life on Earth

Anthony Barnosky recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 28, 2015. Barnosky is a professor of Integrative Biology, curator of Fossil Mammals in the Museum of Paleontology, and research paleoecologist in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology University of California, Berkeley.

Dodging Extinction: Power, Food, Money, and the Future of Life on Earth

Lecture date: January 28, 2015. Paleobiologist Anthony Barnosky discussed how the impacts of more than 7 billion people on the planet have started a severe mass extinction of life on land and in the sea—and what we can do to stop it.

Guest Speakers | Climate Change | Lecture Archive 2015

The United States Weather and Climate Enterprise

Lecture date: January 13, 2015. Ray Ban discussed the unique relationship between the government and academic and private sectors that allows our nation to receive weather and climate forecasts. This is known in meteorology as the weather and climate enterprise.

Guest Speakers | Climate Change

The United States Weather and Climate Enterprise

Ray Ban recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 13, 2015. Ban, formerly the executive vice president of programming, operations, and meteorology at The Weather Channel Inc., is currently the managing director of Ban & Associates.